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| author | Liam Hupfer <liam@hpfr.net> | 2022-04-28 16:05:13 +0200 |
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| committer | Vasilij Schneidermann <mail@vasilij.de> | 2022-04-28 16:07:00 +0200 |
| commit | fce7b0b0506231626887f131ca38e968e4c7f9e8 (patch) | |
| tree | 995ac9e47e3d0bda1d7d75d1b8d152dbd7f6ff54 /README.md | |
| parent | 12faf16fbbaf09aadec26dfbda5809d886248c02 (diff) | |
Add support for arbitrary decompression tools
This allows users to use non-unzip decompression tools such as
libarchive's `bsdtar`.
Diffstat (limited to 'README.md')
| -rw-r--r-- | README.md | 16 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 5 deletions
@@ -29,11 +29,17 @@ and install with `M-x package-install RET nov RET`. ## Setup -Make sure you have an `unzip` executable on `PATH`, otherwise the -extraction of EPUB files will fail. If you for some reason have -`unzip` in a non-standard location, customize `nov-unzip-program` to -its path. You'll also need an Emacs compiled with `libxml2` support, -otherwise rendering will fail. +By default, `nov.el` uses `unzip` on `PATH` to extract EPUB files. You +can customize `nov-unzip-program` if it is located elsewhere. You can +also customize `nov-unzip-args` if you use a different decompression +tool like `bsdtar`. It must accept a target `directory` where nov +unzips the EPUB `filename`. + + (setq nov-unzip-program (executable-find "bsdtar") + nov-unzip-args '("-xC" directory "-f" filename)) + +You'll also need an Emacs compiled with `libxml2` support, otherwise +rendering will fail. Put the following in your init file: |